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Monday, April 8, 2013

The sun came out in Iowa

Another busy week has flashed past us here at HMFT bloggy headquarters. Bugsy and I are working back up to our 5k and running on the nature trail this week we saw an American Mink. I have never seen this animal before and was careful to take a long, good look at what I saw. The animal was a chocolatey brown color and was easily over a foot long. I gazed at the creature moving swiftly along the path as we were, it watching us, us watching it.

Then on the drive home from flyball training I spotted an Osprey! I was excited to have spotted it. Macbride Raptor Project has been instrumental in the osprey introduction plan in place here in Iowa. We keep tabs on nesting sites, band babies and have been tracking the progress of the birds as they continue to return to Iowa. Also, these birds just look cool. They're like the punk rockers of the Iowa raptor population.

Miles got a haircut!

Before

After

Doesn't
he look cute!?!? I am so pleased with the care he has received at
Kirkwood Community College. Miles has been groomed by the students of
the dog grooming program at KCC. They have done a fabulous job of
helping shy Miles feel comfortable. Both times I picked him up from his
hair cut I found him playing with a student. Seeing him playing instead
of in a crate made me really happy, but it was also a smart move on the
part of grooming instructor Terry Anderson. Rounding off the end of a
grooming session with some fun time is no doubt going to help Miles
remember the groomers as a happy place to be.

After Miles' haircut I was inspired to take a group picture for a new blog header. I really like to have an outdoor picture as the blog head, but until the green spring and summer sun start improving the Iowa landscape the above photo is the new blog header. Below is one of the shots I took in my living room.(I altered it with photoshop so it looks like a drawing, it was not drawn by me!)

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